Hills News
Rooted in Place: Inside Tupelo’s Oren Dunn City Museum
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune If you’re visiting Tupelo and want to understand the city beyond its well-known landmarks, the Oren Dunn City Museum is a wonderful place to...
USDA leaders visit MSU to honor Jenkins’ 64-year career, highlight ‘Mississippi Model’ partnership
Mississippi State University welcomed leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, or ARS, to campus on Tuesday [Dec. 16] to celebrate the retirement of Johnie...
Craving Crave: Tupelo’s dessert haven that keeps us coming back
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are some places in Mississippi that feel less like restaurants and more like personal joy portals. For me, Crave in downtown Tupelo is...
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup
By: Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a...
Holly Jolly Oxford: A little slice of Stars Hollow in the Magnolia State
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are a lot of places to enjoy the holidays in Mississippi, but Oxford has always been my place. I don’t mean that casually—I mean “load up...
Memory, magic, and a mansion: Inside the Trees of Christmas at Merrehope
By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune Every holiday season, something magical unfolds in Meridian. Merrehope, the city’s stately antebellum mansion, transforms itself into a storyland...